“In a career that often offers no validation, an aspiring actress finds a side-hustle that does: sugar-babying. Based on absolutely nothing at all you can't prove anything back off.”

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Maggie: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Brad: Geoff Mays

Get to know writer Maggi...

A young fireman, and father of four, jumps to his death to escape a Bronx fire alongside four other firemen. Upon inspection of the fire, it becomes clear that both the building owners and the city of New York are at fault. The fireman's wife and the surviving, but chronically injured, men from t...

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LOUD ENOUGH, 62min., USA
Directed by Hilary Klotz Steinman
In the shadow of the fifth year anniversary of the #MeToo movement, this intimate, personal film following a sexual assault survivor and her family explores and reflects the Herculean effort still required ...

Title: The God Machine

Author: Michael J Bowler

Type: Feature

Website et al:

https://michaeljbowler.com

https://www.instagram.com/michaeljbowler/

https://www.facebook.com/michaeljbowlerauthor/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2NXCPry4DDgJZOVDUxVtMw

logline:

A grieving boy who recently l...

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MY BROTHER CHARLIE, 12min., USA
Directed by Yogi Chavada
Life is beautiful, but it is also unpredictable. We aren’t always able to live life on our own terms; it has the terms set for us.

http://yogichavada.com/
https://www.instagram.com/Chavada_films

SURVIVAL, 6m...

Directed by Matthew Toffolo.

Young factory worker + Older Artist = Good conversation and a little bit more

Starring Sora Olah & Steve Boleantu

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ALL SACRED THINGS, 24min,. Canada
Directed by Derek Sands
A group of indigenous college students go on a journey to reconnect to their culture, which leads them to experience the once almost extinct Ojibway Spirit Horses.

ENCOUNTERS BY THE WATER, 20min., Brazil
Di...

DON'T SLEEP, 13min,. USA
Directed by Tianyue Gao
In order to prove that the world he lives in is virtual, an unemployed programmer begins to challenge the limits of human sleeplessness to force the world to collapse, only to find that the truth can never be proven.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1...

THE BEF, 9min., USA
Directed by Eric Burleson
While being pursued by a police officer, a young boy struggles with his decisions for the baby in his care and how to help his sick mother.

https://instagram.com/burlesoneric

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The ...

WITCH HANDS, 90min., Mexico
Directed by Antonio Kosturakis, Julio Cesar Paredes, Jose Alejandro Estrada
Berenice, a young woman from the city, needs to return to her hometown when she finds out that her mother has died. This leads her to relive the dark past of her childhood, and discover the su...

MASTER SENSEI, 20min., Denmark
Directed by Theis Gavnbo Holmstrup
The world-famous elite soldier Master Sensei decides to blow himself up after a series of public scandals have destroyed his career. However, his plan is put on hold when he meets the young boy scout "Piggy", who is in desperate ne...

NATAL, 20min., Brazil
Directed by Isabella Secchin
Natal, in his early fifties belongs to a generation that broke social barriers, worshiped cerebral movies, drugs and rock’n roll. However, he does not accept it well when Milene, his only daughter, takes her boyfriend to sleep at home with her. I...

WOLF + LAMB, 15min., Italy
Directed by Giuseppe Schettino
Wolf + Lamb (Lupo + Agnello) is above all a "coming-of-age novel", based on the immortal and homonymous fable of Aesop. It is the story of the relationship Luca (Ladislao Liverani), Thomas (James Ferrara) and Elisa (Virginia Diop) entertai...

STAY HOME STAY SAFE, 20min,. Czech Republic
Directed by Martin Bystriansky
The story is centered in the intimate space of the shelter, where artificial intelligence creates inspiring virtual simulations for the writer. In the virtual world, the writer meets his muse, but she is not real enough. H...

THE COMMON GOOD, 17min., Austria
Directed by Stefan Gutternigh, Eva Amann
In 2035 the earth is ruled by a world government called "The Global Organisation for the Common Good". The "GOCG" wants to make everybody happy by monitoring the desires of its citizens with social media, omnipresent camera...

EIGHT OF SWORDS, 19min., UK, Drama
Directed by Patricia Downey
Set in Belfast, in an ordinary house, in an ordinary street – it could be your street or next door. Helena from Poland and locals Patsy and Eva fight for survival under the rein of Russian Human traffickers.

REPLICA, 9min, France
Directed by SimonaGun aka, Nicolas Simon, Virna Hagen Auvergne
REPLICA is a choreographic film staging human nature. The one where humans become 'normalized' and adhere more and more to a form of standardization. In this quest, time remains the key because it is after it tha...

BUSINESS CLASS, 25min,. France
Directed by Ugo Melcore, Loris Melcore
Lawrence has a ritual. Each month, for a couple days, he sends his girlfriend on vacation to "work on his accountings".

https://www.instagram.com/melcorebrosfilms/

DEMONS, 5min., Switzerland
Directed by Humbi Entress
"Demons" is a raw and powerful dance film by choreographer and dancer Mès Lesne that captures the essence of our times, that sense of desperation and helplessness that we all feel in the face of overwhelming challenges. Against the breathtaking...

THE LOOSE END, 8min,. USA
Directed by Nathan Setiabudi
After falling witness to a violent murder, a man fears the killer returning to tie loose ends.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The idea for the film itself came from an irrational fear of mine. Moving f...

CYCLE, 2min., USA
Directed by Chloe Ko
Somewhere in the vast universe, a supernova explosion occurs. Asteroid from the explosion lands on a nearby planet, which triggers new life on it.

SIFTER, 8min., USA, Comedy/Drama
Directed by Shalini Bathina
Samara and Nisha celebrate their first Karva Chauth as a married couple but the festival brings up suppressed emotions between the pair.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

I’ve been an actress my who...

TO KEEP YOUR VITAL ORGANS WARM, 14min,. USA
Directed by Sophie Aguila
A troubled young pianist is haunted by the memory of her contemptuous instructor as she practices.

https://www.instagram.com/vitalorgansfilm_

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1. What motivated you to make this film?
Before I beg...

KOJI, 3min., Japan
Directed by Maven Li, Katharine O'Hearn
Koji is a horror short film in the first person and third person depicting a person struggling and reliving a trauma of their past.

https://www.twitter.com/MavVDraws
https://www.instagram.com/Mavviko